Standpipe for feeding locomotives



May s, 192s. 1,669,196

L. B. GRAHAM STAND PIPE FOR FEEDING LOCOMOTIVES Filed July 14, 1922 Patented May 8, 1928.

i STATES:

3 STANDPIPE FORFEEDING LOGOMOTIVES.

I .Applicationvled July 14,

This invention relates lto a standpipe for delivering fluid, for-instance, fuel oil,.tothe storage tank of e. locomotive, andf has ferite object toprovidea construction of' stand pipe 5 wliioh; willA automatically assume a` position with its horizontal on delivery arin at an elevation to,` avoid obstruction to. passing` rolling stock, and; is adapted to be telestopicalliy depressed to bring its discharging spout 1U into deliveiry relation togtlie locomotive. tank; andi tothis endg, one feature of the invention consists in; constructing the stand.` pipe of telescopios members with a oouoterbalenee and pulley Connection which normally lifts l5 one teleeeoiong member vertioelly With; te*

spoot to. tlre'other,A but which yelide weder the null.` of anV operative" to. Permit the die charge spout to. be. brought .into delivery position;v 6 6 f Another ole'jeet ofthe llveoton` ie m9170- vde Ineens Wheeeln/f` in 'teleeeopiogb Steno Pipe ot the ohemetet deeolibed.. o valve, 1.ocated in a lower portion of the stand pipe moy-'be meopuleted at will from the` Vel'- tieally# telescopn-g. uppery portion thereof; ende to.j thisv end e 6 toet-.her feature -eooeete in Providing: e. volvo tool which exto-lode vel?- eeelly to; the movable teleeCopiesI member; also an operating lever system carrying a. lgofpioeethroegh vhieheeid Velverod' volke without influeoee epee the valve during feeleeeoeins eetioo.; but, Whieh Pieke. up the w.IITQd and` imports 1' nove'nfientl through the rod 6 tothe" valve when the, lever system nia- `n-iiuleted. 6

.,Stiljl .another object is to provide a. oon- 'etreetiooof ete-,ed yeine Weier will; be adapted to revolveupon its vertieel eXe to pgresentitsf delivery arni. over either of two adjoining .teeelsef eed 6to heee this: roterfv movementtelse ioloee Without impolioe the teleseoping aetionwofi the valve control; and to theeeeode, e foothel f feeteleot the ioveoeioo eoosete in. mounting. the moveble telesoioping;v member. revolubly within the fixed membeo with which, it teneeopeeeen-d also eeeeng kthe eoontelbeleoeioe member to revolve with the movable teleseopng member; else ie heviogfthe gelopen thlooehk wheh the 4levereveteol eeseeee the vel-ve rod; tevoluble ooeeid valve rod..

`with astem i4 guidedfin-a fixed braket arni yvalve Stationary block 7 car-riesa stem neet-ed to. thetoggle leverthrough. means i922. semina. 5755021,

Iny order that the invention may. be fully undeijstood, several featurestheiieof will be disclosed in their preferred embodiments in the eeoompeoyogdrawings;

F'gure l a sectional elevation ot a standpipe embodying the `several features of the invention. Y y n y Figure 2 isa view at right angles to. Figure 16. i

Eignre is. a detail view on `an enlarged sealeshovving the relation ofthe valve actuf ating leven system to the rod which it on` trols.- *s K i' f Eigure 4, isi a section on the line lx-4f of Egutee Lend 2; end f 6. f

Figure-5 isa detail view of a toggle device for seatingand unseatingtlie valve.

' l lepteeeote e Pipe ol mein.. for insieme one tor. supplying :tuel oill to. loconu`0t-ives.` 2l represents. a gate valve Controlling the of lliquidfifroin said pipe atsuch times when the system is to besliut oit; 3 representsa val-ve;seating` against the pressure of 7 fluid in said pipe andv adapted to be moved to and? from itsvseat by alocoznotifve operativewhen it is desired to deliver liquid from i' the. pipe to a loeoinotive. For seatingfand unseating the valve|` 3, said; valve is provided 51, is k:ulapted toybe movedtoand from y. its seat by a togglelevensysteni 64 'compris ing arinsg? pivotecl to the shank Bhof the valve, and a pair of arnis 6." pivoted*l to a stationary blo-,ellw' at?L and pivotally oonnected at 6"y to the ,armsy 6e. Counterbal efe-eee, 6,6" on.L @lee arme o normally. tend to boldthe toggle lever imposition to Seat the 8 passing' through a 6braketl--9- and fixed .thereinby nnte yina mannen to adjustable longitudinally to insure firi'n seating of the valve Toggle level? Gl ie Qontrol-led bfy a lifting yoke `ll` which iS Bferaljlv'eon of the same. pintlesl 6?'` kwhich unite ythe,V arijns e ,ene eend. che yoke ,carnevale .roe `12N extending-to the top of the stand ipe forI manipulation as 6liereinetter deseri Toooevev lievi-6d. from pipe l to aloe@- motive-e eteeepipeie mov-ide@ wheh eoof i Lulli sists ot a'sta-tionar'y section, preferably constructed of a member 13 standing on the valve housing 14, and a member 15 unitedl to the member 13 by ange coupling 16; also a telescoping member 17 which is movable both axially and circumferentially in the member 15. Member 17 carries a laterally extending delivery arm 18 which terminates in spout 19, and its rotary movement such as to permit the spout to be brought vertically above the intake opening of a locomotive tank; and the vertical or telescoping movement ot the member 17 is to bring the spout 19 from a position non-obstructing as to rolling stock into a close delivery relation to the intake opening of the locomotive tank. T he telescoping member 17 with its delivery arm 18 is normally supported at its elevated position, and isl automatically moved to such position innnediately upon being released iti-omits delivery position for the combined purpose of restoring it to nonobstructing position and of enlarging the internal capacity ot the telescoping members after closure of the valve 3 so as to at once arrest after flow oi liquid. 1n order to automatically return the pipe 17 with its arm 1S, as aforesaid, a counterbalance 2O is mounted to move vertically upon a plurality of guide rods 21, 2l, and 22, 22, and is connected by flexible connectors 23 with a bracket 21 mounted upon section 17 through the medium of ring 24a; said con-l nectors 23 being passed over pulleys 25 pivotally supported. on the upper ends of the extended rods 22. The rods 22 are fixed at their lower ends in the rotating collar or plate 2S so that the collar 'forms a thrust bearing supporting` the weight of the movable pipe, in bearing with stationary flange 16 on the supporting base.

In order to normally lock the teleseoping member 17 of the stand pipe in position with its delivery arm 18 parallel to the tracks, and to release it at will and rotate it to a position with the arm 18 presented over either of two adjoining tracks, a latch bar 26 mounted to slide vertically in a pair ot revoluble collars yor plates 27, 2S, has its lower end 26"L adapted to a recess 16L in the fixed flange 16, and carries a shoulder 26h similarly adapted to a recess 29u in the fixed flange 31; and a camming lever 32 pivoted at 32l upon the movable plate 28 is adapted to engage the lug 26C on the bar 26 and raise said bar as said camming lever is moved to horizontal position, upon the attainment of which, the plates 27 and 28 together with the guide rods 21 and 22, the counterbalance 20, and the ring 241a through `which the rods 22 slide, these rods forming ra support tor the means carrying the ring 2lin in which rods 21, 22 terminate and which carries the upper movable telescoping section 17, with the parts mounted thereon, can

be rotated iu either direction. Latch bar 26 can be suspended by flexible connector 26d attached at its upper end to the bracket 260. Guide rods 22 rextend vertically to the bracket ring 24 upon the upper port-ion of the telescoping member 17 and, while work* ing vertically through the same in the lowering and raising of the telescoping section, constitute means :tor imparting rotation to said telescoping section.

In order to control the toggle lever 6 of the yvalve 3 from a position adjacent the spout 19, a gripper 33 having a jaw 33LL pivoted thereon at 83h, surrounds the rod 12 and has a biturcated bell crank lever 3a pivoted at 35 and under control of handle 36 through the medium of connecting rod 37. As shown more clearly in Figure y3, jawl 138iL rests normally upon vthe nipple 38 through which the rod 12 emerges from the elbow of the telescoping member 17, and so long as it rests thereon it is held normal `to the rod 12 and without gripping eieet thereon, and permits the telescoping member 17 to be raised or lowered without influencing the valve 3. Butwhen the gripper 38 is raised by its lever 34 so that the jaw 33 can hang downward, it develops a bite up'onthe rod 12 and causes the latter to respond to upward move- .ment of the bell crank lever and to hold the valve 3 open so long as said lever is held elevated. As soon as lever 34 is released and the gripper 33 descends, the jaw 33a is restored to normal position, rod 12 `is released, and valve 3 closes automatically under the action of the counterweights 6d of the toggle lever 6.

1n Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, ythe telescoping member is shown in its elevated position, which it normally assumes when released, and parallel to the tracks where it is normally located. 'When pulled vdown linto delivery relation to the locomotive tank, after being swung over the track on which the locomotive stands, the pair of guide rods 22, which extend upwardly beyond the plate 27, slide vertically Vin the ring 241 o1 the bracket 24; and the gripper 18 with its jaw 33a slides downward upon the rod 12, and@ while the arm 18 is at any level of depression, gripper 33 may be actuated by handle 36 to open the valve 3 and permit the discharge ot fuel oil, or other liquid, which the stand pipe is intended to deliver. As soon as arm 18 is released, counterbalance 20 will return it to its upper limit; but before this is done, handle 36 is released to permit the valve 3 to close and cutoff the-flow of liquid. Then the flow of liquid is cut off, the

arm 18 will be held until the flow from spout 19 -slackens,'and is then released, the velongation ot' the vertical columns 13, 15, 17 in which the oil is conined being sufficiently enlarged by the upward movement of the section 17 to accommodate any remanent liquid, and since the arm. 18 is `inclined backward toward the stand pipe, dripping will be eiiectually arrested.

I claim: y

1. In a stand pipe, fixed androtatable members, means for controlling the relative positions of said members in the direction of rotation, comprising plates revolubly mounted in relation to the fixed member of the stand pipe, rods connecting said plates and extending to the rotatable member, and mea-ns for imparting revolving movement to a plate.

2. In a stand pipe, fixed and movable pipe members telescopically and revolubly related, a valve Vcarried by one ot' said members, valve manipulating means carried by the other of said members, and connection be. tween said valve and manipulating means responsive to the action of the manipulating means, but permitting relative rotation and telescoping of the pipe members Without operating the valve; said connection comprising a rod connected with the valve, and a gripper movable around and longitudinally of said rod When free from manipulation,

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3. In a stand pipe, fixed and movable pipe members telescopically and revolubly repickup said rod when ma-v i lated, plates revolubly related'to the lined d member, and guide rods extending fromone plate through another platey tothe movable pipe member, and enforcing identical rotation in saidplates and movable pipe mem-l ber; said guide rods moving relatively to said other plate in the telescoping action of the pipes. if

4. In a stand pipe, fixed and movable pipe members telescopically and revolubly related, a valve carried by one of said members, valve manipulating means carried by the other of said members,` and connection between said valve and manipulating means yresponsiveto the action of the manipulating means, but permitting relative rotation andl telescoping of the pipe memberswithout operating the valve. i

Signed at Chicago, Ill., this 10 dayof July, 1922. v

LESLIE B. GRAHAM. 

